Details, such as how much money was collected, are unclear due to old accounting methods

9:47 AM,
Aug. 22, 2013

The CPD's Impound Lot is on Spring Grove Avenue in Camp Washington.

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Millions of dollars have been collected over the course of decades by the Cincinnati Police Department's Impound Lot.

But antiquated accounting practices by the Impound Unit, which deals mostly in cash and lacked checks and balances, mean the city can only estimate how many vehicles have been impounded, how many have been sold at auction - and how much money the unit has collected through the years, according to an audit by Cincinnati's Internal Audits Office.

The audit, released last week, reviewed business practices last year at the lot on Spring Grove Avenue, which made an estimated $1.8 ...